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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title III
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; COMMISSIONS
Chapter 11
LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES, AND STAFFING
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11.111 Continuance of certain causes for term of Legislature and period of time prior and subsequent thereto and committee workdays.Any proceeding before any court, municipality, or agency of government of this state shall stand continued, without the continuance being charged against any party, during any session of the Legislature and for a period of time 15 days prior to any session of the Legislature and 15 days subsequent to the conclusion of any session of the Legislature, and during any period of required committee work and for a period of time 1 day prior and 1 day subsequent thereto, when either attorney representing the litigants is a legislator or when a member of the Legislature is a party or witness or is scheduled to appear before any municipal government, administrative board, or agency, when notice to that effect is given to the convening authority by such member. The time period for determining the right to a speedy trial shall be tolled during the period of the continuance, but the providing of such a continuance shall not act as a waiver to the right to a speedy trial. The immunity herein granted shall, upon the filing of a notice by the witness, extend to any member not an attorney who is engaged in any proceeding before any court or any state, county, or municipal agency or board in a representative capacity for any individual or group or as a witness in any proceeding. After said notice has been filed by a member of the Legislature called as a witness, the proceeding may proceed notwithstanding such notice if the party calling such member as a witness shall agree.
History.s. 1, ch. 15995, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4356(1); s. 1, ch. 61-176; s. 1, ch. 67-2(X); s. 1, ch. 70-28; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 9, ch. 96-318.
Note.Former s. 54.08.

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ABC Bus. Forms, Inc. v. Spaet, 201 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 1967).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...or the corporation and a member of the Florida Legislature. Respondent Featherstone, after notice of the emergency hearing on application for temporary restraining order, filed, on April 14, 1967, a motion for continuance pursuant to Florida Statute § 11.111, F.S.A. [1] At the hearing, held April 14, the trial judge ruled F.S. § 11.111, F.S.A., as construed in the Brooks case, [2] left him without discretion to grant temporary injunction....
...upon the powers and duties of the other and the courts should support the legislative attempt to assure the presence of its membership unless the legislative enactment is a clear invasion of the judicial field. Generally, in non-emergency cases F.S. § 11.111, F.S.A....
...nce herein, grant rehearing upon said motion, exercise his judicial discretion and, thereafter, proceed as advised. O'CONNELL, C.J., and ROBERTS, THORNAL and ERVIN, JJ., concur. THOMAS, J., agrees to issuance of peremptory writ. NOTES [1] Fla. Stat. § 11.111, F.S.A....
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Elizabeth Alexander v. President Donald J. Trump (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...ion.” Id. at 708, 711. But such privileges are afforded to the President alone, not to his litigation adversaries. See id. at 708. Such privileges are not unique to the presidency. Other public officials enjoy similar protections as well. See § 11.111, Fla....
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Kabick v. Kabick, 485 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 630, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6852

motions filed herein based on the authority of Section 11.111, Florida Statutes (1983). The above motion

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